Spider-Man's Tangled Web

The title was conceived as an anthology series, where various creative teams not usually associated with Spider-Man (usually creators who had previously worked for alternative or Vertigo comics) could display their take on the character. Despite having his name in the title, Spider-Man was often an ancillary character in these stories, appearing on only a few pages or just making a cameo appearance.

Sales on the series lagged behind the other Spider-Man titles throughout its run, and it was finally cancelled in 2003 to make way for the new The Spectacular Spider-Man vol. 2 comic by Paul Jenkins and Humberto Ramos.

Issue #1 (see picture to the right) was the subject of a recall due to the incorrect paper stock being used for the cover. A second print run was ordered with the correct paper stock, thus making a collector's item of the rarer first print.

1. "The Coming of the Thousand", Part 1 by Garth Ennis, John McCrea, and James Hodgkins
2. "The Coming of the Thousand", Part 2 by Ennis, McCrea, and Hodgkins
3. "The Coming of the Thousand", Part 3 by Ennis, McCrea, and Hodgkins
4. "Severance Package" by Greg Rucka and Eduardo Risso
   • Featuring the Kingpin
5. "Flowers for Rhino", Part 1 by Peter Milligan and Duncan Fegredo
   • Featuring the Rhino
6. "Flowers for Rhino", Part 2 by Milligan and Fegredo
   • Featuring the Rhino
7. "Gentleman's Agreement", Part 1 by Bruce Jones, Lee Weeks, and Josef Rubinstein
8. "Gentleman's Agreement", Part 2 by Jones, Weeks, and Rubinstein
9. "Gentleman's Agreement", Part 3 by Jones, Weeks, Rubinstein, and Jimmy Palmiotti
10. "Ray of Light" by Kaare Andrews
    • Featuring Electro
11. "Open All Night" by Darwyn Cooke and Jay Bone
    • Featuring the Vulture
12. "I was a Teenage Frogman" by Zeb Wells and Duncan Fegredo
    • Featuring Frogman
13. "Double Shots" by Ron Zimmerman and Sean Phillips
    • Featuring Alyosha Kravinoff, the Vulture, Tombstone, Norman Osborn
14. "The Last Shoot" by Brian Azzarello, Scott Levy, and Giuseppe Camuncoli
    • Featuring Crusher Hogan
15. "The Collaborators" by Paul Pope
16. "Heartbreaker" Part 1 by Daniel Way and Leandro Fernandez
    • Featuring Tombstone, Kangaroo
17. "Heartbreaker" Part 2 by Daniel Way and Leandro Fernandez
    • Featuring Tombstone, Kangaroo
18. "Alphabet City" by Ted McKeever
    • Featuring Typeface, Spellcheck
19. "Call of the Wild" by Robbie Morrison and Jim Mahfood
20. "Behind the Mustache" by Zeb Wells and Dean Haspiel
    • Featuring J. Jonah Jameson
21. "'Twas the Fight Before Christmas" by Darwyn Cooke and Jay Bone
    • Featuring Fantastic Four, Medusa
22. "The System" by Brian Patrick Walsh and Alberto Dose

Issues #4-6 and #10-11 were also included in Best of Spider-Man Vol. 1 and Best of Spider-Man Vol. 2, respectively.

Issue #4's "Severance Package" by Greg Rucka and Eduardo Risso was nominated for an Eisner Award for "Best Single Issue of a Comic Book" in 2002.

• The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
• Tangled Web page at SpiderFan.org